I was born in 1981 in Dubuque, IA. I graduated in 2007 from Clarke College and received a B.A. in art and a minor in mathematics.

Dubuque, being one of the oldest river towns west of the Mississippi, has a unique architectural landscape scattered with religious buildings that influenced and inspired me from an early age. Later trips abroad furthered my interest between nature and architecture and how they relate to each other and humans.

My interest in structural surroundings is the content of my current body of work.

The buttress series began as notebook doodles. While the castle series evloved from the buttress work as a way of developing a complete structure as opposed to just its parts. The castles are heavily inspired by the building materials in the Midwest; limestone, slate, and river rock.

Buttress I

The labyrinth series is yet another extension, moving towards organic landscapes. Although not true labyrinths by definition, their mazelike appearance is reminiscent of the topiary mazes prominent in Europe.

The series together complete the cohesive bond of the main elements of the buildings and land around me.